Look what she made now.What a killer eye she has. She didn't even trace this.This is the value of studying the works of really good artists-and then methodically analyzing the differences between your copy and the original, then correcting your mistakes.

After copying actual pictures as exactly as she could, she took the next step of trying to figure out what Mel's thinking was behind his artistic decisions. She analyzed his general theories then gave this to me for Christmas!And wait'll you see the ones she did for Marlo and Katie! I'll post them after they see them, so as not to spoil the surprise.

Merry Christmas all you cartoon lovers out there! I hope Jesus rewards you with critical acuteness and methodical planned progress!

That's very cute and very cool--her hard work has sure paid off(it never hurts to put your heart in a project, too, as she has). That card for you is the best thing she's ever done! Great work miss Kali-fetching-O!

wow, that's damn inspiring. thanks for being a living testimonial to how practice actually pays off. what a leap in skill this shows! i'm wicked-impressed- by your chops and most of all by your work ethic! no wonder you're good, you EARN it. thanks for posting, john.

Kali didn't get it too exactly. In her rendering Dino's skull is skinnier, the curtains are pulled back a little further, and she forgot to add that single drop of water hanging from the showerhead. And, Pebbles looks alittle cross-eyed.But, y'know what? I like Kali's picture a little better. It has more warmth somehow. Maybe it's because her's is a fresh drawing scanned in to a computer once while the original has be re-printed in bookform several times over the years.

Anyways, great work, Kali. Never stop drawing. "You'll have to pry this pencil from my cold, dead hands!!" as Chuck Heston might say.

This is really impressive! She captured all the details and nuances of Mel Crawford's original, and her Yogi Bear picture is so good that it looks almost animated. You can really get the sense of movement and dancing from these poses. I loved Kali's early drawings, and thought she has lot of raw talent, but this is a huge leap forward. It's always encouraging to see such progress from your students. Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to both of you.

As I was flipping back and forth through the Pebbles pictures what I did notice is that neat little drop of water hanging off of the shower nozzle.

It's the only water going straight down. The shape is in an opposite (general) direction to the splashes' shapes, pointing somewhat towards the action. The drip is going slow, not violently like the rest of the moving water in the picture. It's colored differently, like a blend of all of the rest of the water's colors and it adds those colors to that area of the picture too. Is it just me or does that tiny detail add quite a bit to Mel's picture (composition).

I'm new to this though. I could just be losing my mind because I really couldn't say that I prefer Mel's a whole lot more than Kali's, her drawing is that nice. It's to the point where I can compare that small detail.

I do like that one detail a lot though.

I also like it because it's not dripping out of the lowest hole as a lot of people would be inclined to do.

WOW! thats so amazing how much of an improvement she made, and then making such a great pic for you john! I really just appreciate all that you post, all of it's so helpful, and Me and my friends are doing everything we can to work at getting better and learning more about the art everyday!

WOW! thats so amazing how much of an improvement she made, and then making such a great pic for you john! I really just appreciate all that you post, all of it's so helpful, and Me and my friends are doing everything we can to work at getting better and learning more about the art everyday!

Seeing Kali drawing that mod-styled Yogi Bear dancing with a girl (with a 60s psychedelic touch), it seems that I'm listening the song Incense and peppermints (recorded by the group Strawberry Alarm Clock in 1967), to give a psychedelic atmosphere. Happy New Year 4 U, dude!